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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
Eleven down, five to go, that’s how the line up for Somerset’s 10 Year Anniversary Meeting stands with the news of two more confirmed starters, they being Lewis Bridger and Lubos Tomicek.
After spending just a single season in the Conference League with Weymouth in 2005, Bridger’s potential was such that he made the jump directly into the Elite League as he joined Eastbourne, with whom he has spent the past four years, although 2010 will see the 20 year old Bridger lining up in new team colours with him having joined Peterborough for the forthcoming campaign.
The current British under 21 Champion and a finalist in last year’s World under 21 Championship, Bridger also won the British under 18 title back in 2006 and was a member of the Great British side that competed in last year’s Speedway World Cup.
Tomicek first came to the UK to ride for Oxford in 2003, but moved into the Premier League the following year, joining Newcastle in the process. Further spells with Oxford followed until the Cheetahs demise in 2007, when he moved on to Lakeside.
Injury curtailed his 2008 campaign, and the 23 year old Czech appeared lost to British speedway until he was signed by Belle Vue in August last year in a raft of changes that also saw Jason Crump join the Aces. Unfortunately, though, his time with the Manchester club was to only last 4 matches, a broken collar-bone coming as a result of a fall involving team-mate Kevin Doolan forced Tomicek to sit out the rest of the season, but now fully fit he is looking to resurrect his British career in 2010.
Further rider confirmations for Somerset’s prestigious celebration meeting are planned for the forthcoming week, and it is hoped that at least two, if not three, of the outstanding five places will be filled by Grand Prix calibre riders who will not be riding on a regular basis in the UK this season.
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